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Press review and media coverage of the Diaspora Project: press, blogs, media organized by language and time (alphabetically by source if multiple/date).

2014

March

Foss Force, 10.03.2014, Why Not Diaspora?

2013

November

Bitnami, 11.27.2013, Diaspora*, the Online Social World Where You are in Control

August

globalnet21.org, 08.28.2013, It’s MY data (so go cry if you want to), Interview with Sean Tilley

July

Geexxx, 23.07.2013, How does federation work in diaspora*?

2012

February

Modern Luxury, 02.17.2012, Dark side of the boom - (Don't forget to read Sarah Mei's answer.)
The Village Voice, 02.15.2012, Rise of the Facebook-Killers

2011

December

Helping Hands, 12.23.2011, Diaspora Alpha : Another Social Network to explore
MadWonderland, 12.19.2011, Cloak n Dagger via Diaspora
HypeBot.com, 12.13.2011, Diaspora's Early Adopters Launch The Diaspora Noise Project
WebProNews, 12.07.2011, Diaspora: First Impressions
Flitter, 12.05.2011, A new social network: Diaspora launches in Alpha
SocialMediaToday, 12.01.2011, Welcome to the Party Diaspora, I Hope You Brought The Beer

November

Business Insider, 11.29.2011, These 20-Somethings Are Trying To Kill Facebook With A Google+ Clone
CreateDigitalMusic, 11.29.2011, Diaspora: On a Fledgling, Open Social Network, Users Gather to Make Noise
Daily Anarchist, 11.28.2011, Social Networking Beyond Surveillance
Gizmag, 11.28.2011, Spot the difference: Diaspora vs. Google+
Launch, 11.28.2011, Diaspora* Finally Unveiled, Feels Like Google+
Skyfire, 11.22.2011, Diaspora Social Network - Privacy and Freedom
Bitcetera, 11.20.2011, Diaspora*
Grabi, 11.19.2011, Facebook’s Best Alternative is Diaspora Social Network?
ITBusinessEdge, 11.18.2011, Diaspora Founders Continue Quest for Free and Private Internet
SMH, 11.18.2011, Creator of the anti-Facebook, a social network with privacy
Breaking News World, 11.17.2011, Diaspora’s 21 Year Old Co-Founder Passes Away
ComputerWorldUK, 11.16.2011, Diaspora open source social network founder dies
GEV, 11.16.2011, Co-Founder of Diaspora Social Network Commits Suicide
MacWorld, 11.16.2011, Diaspora social network co-founder dies at age 22
MashaCrunch, 11.16.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22; Co-Founded Social Network
TechWorld, 11.16.2011, Diaspora social network founder dies aged 22
TheJournal.ie, 11.16.2011, 22-year-old founder of social networking site found dead
BBC, 11.15.2011, Diaspora social network’s 22-year-old founder has died
New York Times, 11.15.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22; Co-Founded Social Network
The Consumerist, 11.15.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Dead In Apparent Suicide
The Inquisitr, 11.15.2011, Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dies at 22
ABC News, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Die
All Things D, 11.15.2011, Public Memorials for Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy to Be Held This Weekend
Associated Press, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies
CNN Money, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies at 22
Chicago Tribune, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of Diaspora social network dead at 22
College News, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dead at 22
Daily Caller, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder died over weekend
Daily Mail Online, 11.14.2011, Social networking pioneer found dead at age of 22
Detroit Free Press, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, cofounder of social-networking site Diaspora, dies
Digital Journal, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, co-founder of Diaspora, passes away at 22
Digital Trends, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dies at 22
EFF, 11.14.2011, EFF Mourns the Passing of Ilya Zhitomirskiy
eWeek Europe UK, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-founder Found Dead
Financial Times Tech Hub, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies
Fox News, 11.14.2011, Founder of Open-Source Facebook Foe Dies at 22
Gadgetell, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of Diaspora passes away at 22
Gawker, 11.14.2011, Why Did This 22-Year-Old Entrepreneur Commit Suicide?
Hollywood Reporter, 11.14.2011, Co-Founder of Social Networking Site Diaspora Dies at 22
International Business Times, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Diaspora Co-Founder, Dies at 22
Memeburn, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies at 22
MNN, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of Facebook competitor Diaspora dies at 22, hours after site redesign
NBC Bay Area, 11.14.2011, Facebook Rival Diaspora Co-Founder Dies
News Tribune, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies
NPR, 11.14.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Co-Founder Of Facebook Rival, Dies At 22
NYU Local, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder And Former NYU Student Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dead at 22
NZ Herald News, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies at 22
PCMag, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22
Register, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies as site unveils new-look alpha
SiliconRepublic, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder Zhitomirskiy dies at 22
Social Barrel, 11.14.2011, Young Diaspora Co-Founder Passes Away – Report
Social Beat, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of “open-source Facebook” Diaspora dies at 22
Sydney Morning Herald, 11.14.2011, Co-founder of social network Diaspora dies
Tech Observer, 11.14.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Dies at 22
TMCnet, 11.14.2011, Diaspora’s Co-founder Dead at 22
Washington Post, 11.14.2011, Diaspora co-founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy dead at 22
WCYB, 11.14.2011, Co-Founder Of Social Network Diaspora Dies At 22
100gf, 11.14.2011, Did Diaspora’s Ilya Zhitomirskiy commit suicide?
ATD, 11.13.2011, 22-Year-Old Founder of Open Social Network Diaspora Ilya Zhitomirskiy Has Died
CNET, 11.13.2011, Diaspora co-founder dies at 22, report says
Examiner, 11.13.2011, Co-founder of Diaspora dead at 21
GigaOM, 11.13.2011, R.I.P. Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy
Huffington Post, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies At 22
Mashable, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dies at 22 [REPORT]
Muktware, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Dead
TechCrunch, 11.13.2011, Diaspora Co-Founder Ilya Zhitomirskiy Passes Away At 22
TechCrunch, 11.13.2011, Following Founder’s Passing, Diaspora Opens Redesigned Alpha To Invitees
TechDay, 11.13.2011, 22-year-old social network whiz passes away
The Conversation, 11.13.2011, Diaspora founder reported dead at 22
The Conversation, 11.13.2011, Diaspora co-founder dead at 22
The Tartan, 11.13.2011, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, Diaspora co-founder, dead at 22
WebProNews, 11.13.2011, Co-Founder of Diaspora, Ilya Zhitomirskiy, has passed away
ZDNet, 11.13.2011, Diaspora co-founder dead at 22: report
Edudemic, 11.09.2011, Diaspora: The Highly Anticipated Social Network Has Launched
UnlikeUs, 11.09.2011, Activistic Salon in Amsterdam: Goodbye Facebook, hello Diaspora*
ReadWriteWeb, 11.08.2011, Are Open Standards the Future of the Social Web?
The Wall Street Journal, 11.07.2011, Whatever Happened to Diaspora the ‘Facebook Killer’?
The Register, 11.05.2011, Open ‘Facebook killer’ survives on cash donations
LJWorld, 11.04.2011, Remember Diaspora*?
SEO Best Tips, 11.03.2011, What is Diaspora?
GreatPlainsBuddha, 11.01.2011, Diaspora: the other “other social network”

October

The Daily, 10.31.2011, Emerging from the shadows - New network site Diaspora: We’re more than ‘the anti-Facebook’
AllThingsD, 10.13.2011, Diaspora Prepares to Launch Open Source Social Network
Edudemic, 10.12.2011, Still In Development, Social Network Diaspora Pleads For Additional Funding
FleshEatingZipper, 10.12.2011, Facebook-Killer Diaspora Is Asking For More Cash, Do We Even Care Anymore?
ReadWriteCloud, 10.12.2011, The State of Diaspora and Fundraising Round Two
SEO Best Tips, 10.12.2011, Diaspora, A Better Social Network.
TECH.BLORGE, 10.12.2011, ‘Free’ Diaspora begs for (more) cash
The Next Web, 10.12.2011, Diaspora asks users via email for donations to keep it alive. Will you donate?

September

Digital Journal, 09.30.2011, Op-Ed: Diaspora* moves forward in building ‘a new and better social web’
The Myndset, 09.30.2011, Diaspora* Social Network Alpha Version is going mainstream… slowly. A first review.
TheOnlyCog, 09.30.2011, Diaspora - more social networking, coming soon
SocialTech, 09.27.2011, First thoughts on Diaspora – the distributed social network
Technorati, 09.22.2011, Diaspora*: Not Just Another Social Network
The Inquirer, 09.22.2011, Open Diaspora lets you post to the social web
BeatBeat, 09.22.2011, On Diaspora, You’re Free to Be Your True Pseudonymous Self
FSM, 09.14.2011, Why You Should Join Diaspora Now, Like Your Freedom Depends On It
ReadWriteWeb, 09.12.2011, How Can Diaspora Help Us in a Facebook and Google Plus World?
TheDailyBeast, 09.02.2011, Diaspora Social Network: Little Hope for Facebook Rival

August

Hayes and Grey, 08.29.2011, Diaspora: Social networking that could warm the heart of any nerd.

July

The Chronicle, 07.11.2011, Remembering Diaspora*: The Open Source Social Network

June

IEEE Spectrum, 06.2011, The Making of Diaspora

March

NYConvergence, 03.14.2011, Taking a Look at Social Network Diaspora
PCWorld, 03.29.2011, Diaspora: An Antidote For Your Facebook Privacy Problems

February

EditorsWeblog, 02.22.2011, Diaspora and future social networks: decentralized, open-sourced?

January

New York Times, 01.19.2011, For New Social Networks, Sharing Can Be More Focused
MakeTechEasier, 01.13.2011, A First Look At Diaspora – The Open Social Network

2010

December

Technology Review, 12.14.2010, Leaving Facebook. Will Diaspora provide a social-networking haven for those fed up with Facebook?
Lifehacker, 12.06.2010, Screenshot Tour of Diaspora, the Open-Source Social Network

November

Ars Technica, 11.28.2010, Hands-on: a first look at Diaspora's private alpha test
Thinq, 11.24.2010, Diaspora social network goes alpha
Mashable, 11.23.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Releasing Private Alpha Invites
TechCrunch, 11.23.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Launches Their Private Alpha With Some Bet Hedging
ComputerWorld, 11.23.2010, Open-source social network Diaspora goes live

October

TFTS, 10.30.2010, Diaspora Public Alpha Coming Out by Thanksgiving; Facebook, You’ve Been Warned (Diaspora Team Announces Alpha Version of Its Social Network Coming by the End of November)
SNBZ, 10.29.2010, Diaspora Pushes Public Alpha To Thanksgiving
TechCrunch, 10.29.2010, With Two Days Left In October, Diaspora Pushes Public Alpha To Thanksgiving
SMSEO, 10.19.2010, Diaspora, The “Privacy Aware”, Open Source Social Network
Techie Buzz, 10.06.2010, Diaspora – Facebook Replacement or Wannabe Fail?
WIRED, 10.05.2010, Diaspora: A First Step Toward Safer Social Networking

September

Blogoscoped, 09.27.2010, Beyond Diaspora: Another Facebook alternative has a head start
MakeUseOf, 09.27.2010, Diaspora Preview – All You Need to Know About The New Open Source Facebook
NYMag, 09.26.2010, Defacebook
The Faster Times, 09.26.2010, Will You Join the Facebook Diaspora?
MedIndia, 09.20.2010, Facebook’s Rival: Pro-Privacy Social Network “Diaspora”
TechnologyReview, 09.20.2010, A Privacy-Focused Alternative to Facebook Is Revealed
WorstTech!, 09.20.2010, Facebook Competitor Diaspora Having Some Security Concerns
ComputerWorld, 09.17.2010, Diaspora: A first peek at Facebook’s challenger
Lubbock Online, 09.17.2010, Diaspora - Social Networking startup learns security no easy task
Slashdot, 09.17.2010, Security Concerns Paramount After Early Reviews of Diaspora Code
TG Daily, 09.17.2010, ‘Secure’ social network Diaspora releases source code
Vedetta, 09.17.2010, A few notes on Diaspora
Webmonkey, 09.17.2010, Diaspora Unveils its Open Social Code
Aol News, 09.16.2010, The ‘Non-Evil Facebook’? Diaspora Social Network Publishes Code
BBC News, 09.16.2010, Facebook alternative Diaspora rolls out first code
Bits, 09.16.2010, Diaspora, the Open Facebook Alternative, Releases Its Code
ComputerWorld, 09.16.2010, Diaspora: It’s no Facebook … yet
Geek-O-System, 09.16.2010, Open-Source Facebook Alternative Diaspora* Releases Its Source Code
Jarinheit, 09.16.2010, Diaspora, or: How to Kill Your “Facebook Killer” Open Source Project Before It Even Launches
Mashable, 09.16.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Releases Initial Source Code
New York Times, 09.16.2010, Diaspora, the Open Facebook Alternative, Releases Its Code
OSM, 09.16.2010, Diaspora social network source code and screenshots released
Ostatic, 09.16.2010, Upon Diaspora’s Debut, Let’s Keep An Open Mind
PCMag, 09.16.2010, Facebook Competitor Diaspora Launches Developer Release
PCWorld, 09.16.2010, Diaspora Could Open New Social Scene for Business
TechNewsWorld, 09.16.2010, Facebook Foe Diaspora Releases Source Code … Now What?
The Guardian, 09.16.2010, Facebook rival Diaspora gears up for launch
TheNextWeb, 09.16.2010, Facebook Alternative Project Diaspora Releases Source Code
TIME, 09.16.2010, Can ‘Diaspora’ Kill Facebook? It Doesn’t Really Matter Either Way
ZDNet, 09.16.2010, Can Diaspora win anything but publicity?
Gizmag, 09.15.2010, Disapora social network source code released
404 Tech Support, 09.15.2010, Diaspora, the Privacy-Aware Social Network, Developer Release Hits The Web
TechCrunch, 09.15.2010, Facebook Competitor Diaspora Revealed: Sparse, But Clean; Source Code Released

August

Internet Evolution, 08.31.2010, Startup to Offer Angry FB Users an Alternative
News.com.au, 08.31.2010, Diaspora team sets October launch date as interest grows in ‘anti-Facebook’
The Telegraph, 08.31.2010, Diaspora, the ‘anti-Facebook’, is doomed
Backupify, 08.30.2010, Diaspora doesn’t have what it takes to topple Facebook
ReadWriteWeb, 08.30.2010, The Rise of the Anti-Facebooks
Product Reviews, 08.29.2010, Anti-Facebook: Can Diaspora Social Network Challenge?
BBC News, 08.27.2010, Facebook alternative Diaspora eyes launch date
BuzzStudy, 08.27.2010, Is Diaspora a worthy Facebook competitor?
Digitizor, 08.27.2010, The Social Web Goes Open Source On Sept. 15! (Diaspora)
DownloadSquad, 08.27.2010, Diaspora, the open Facebook competitor, will launch on 9/15
Forbes, 08.27.2010, Diaspora, the Open Source Facebook, and Contextual Sharing
Mashable, 08.27.2010, Facebook Alternative Diaspora Launches September 15
PCMag, 08.27.2010, Open-Source Facebook Competitor Diaspora to Launch Sept. 15
PCWorld, 08.27.2010, The Anti-Facebook Arrives September 15: Will You Switch?
Tech.Blorge, 08.27.2010, Diaspora launching to fight Facebook
Wirefresh, 08.27.2010, Open source Diaspora site aims to right Facebook’s social networking wrongs
TechCrunch, 08.26.2010, Diaspora Three Weeks Away From Unveiling Open-Source Facebook Alternative
DigitalAnalog, 08.06.2010, Diaspora – A Solution to Facebook’s Sharing and Privacy Problems
SeederBlog, 08.06.2010, Exploring the Diaspora User Experience
BestTechie, 08.04.2010, Why Facebook Will Not Acquire Diaspora

July

TechnoBuffalo, 07.03.2010, Diaspora Social Network Project On Schedule Thus Far
jonchu’s posterous, 07.02.2010, Analyzing Diaspora
Tech.Blorge, 07.02.2010, Diaspora social network shaping up
TechCrunch, 07.02.2010, Diaspora Reports Progress In Its Quest To Build An Open Facebook Alternative
ThinkDigit, 07.02.2010, Diaspora developers give a sneak peak at what’s to come

June

YES!, 06.30.2010, Better Than Facebook? Fed up with Facebook’s commercialism, four NYU students have created an open source, peer-to-peer alternative: Diaspora.
Smedio, 06.07.2010, Will Diaspora Change the Face of Social Media?
The Guardian, 06.07.2010, Social networking project Diaspora captures the public mood
Daily Maverick, 06.06.2010, What chances for Diaspora, the anti-Facebook social network?
GigaOM, 06.05.2010, Should Facebook Be Worried About Diaspora?
Intelius, 06.03.2010, What’s the future of social networking privacy, could it be Diaspora*?
TechCrunch, 06.02.2010, Diaspora’s Final Tally: $200,000 From Nearly 6,500 Backers
TheWavingCat, 06.02.2010, Diaspora, an open Facebook?

May

Computer Genius Zone, 05.27.2010, Diaspora: Facebook alternative and Privacy-based Social Network (coming soon)
PCWorld, 05.27.2010, Quit Facebook, Join Diaspora?
Srcnix, 05.27.2010, Is Diaspora the future of social networking?
LWN, 05.26.2010, Diaspora: toward free social networking
BBC News, 05.26.2010, Facebook challenged by ambitious upstarts
RazorCoast, 05.21.2010, Could Diaspora social network threaten Facebook?
GadgetGybe, 05.19.2010, Diaspora – anti-facebook p2p social network
Metro, 05.19.2010, Diaspora: Anti-Facebook social network site coming soon
Helium, 05.17.2010, What is the Diaspora* social network?
Laughing Squid, 05.14.2010, Diaspora, A Personally Controlled, Privacy Aware, Distributed Open Source Social Network
TechLayers, 05.14.2010, Diaspora: Kill the Suspense!
CNET News, 05.13.2010, Diaspora about to hit $100,000 in donations
Gizmag, 05.13.2010, Diaspora – a distributed, open source, secure social network with Facebook in its sights
IdealWare, 05.13.2010, Pining for an alternative to Facebook. Will it be Diaspora?
Mashable, 05.13.2010, NYU Students Raise More than $100,000 to Build Facebook Alternative
Matador, 05.13.2010, Will the fledgling Diaspora teach Facebook a lesson?
MNN, 05.13.2010, Facebook be forewarned … the Diaspora is coming
PSFK, 05.13.2010, Diaspora*: A User-Controlled Social Network
Shareable, 05.13.2010, Can Diaspora* Take Down Facebook?
Tech.Blorge, 05.13.2010, Social network Diaspora on a micro-funding rampage
The Next Web, 05.13.2010, New Social Networking Darling Diaspora* Has An Idea Problem
USNews, 05.13.2010, NYU Students Start Privacy-Minded Social Media Site
VentureBeat, 05.13.2010, Anti-Facebook project rockets to $120,000 in online donations
WIRED, 05.13.2010, Open Facebook Alternatives Gain Momentum, $115K
CNET, 05.12.2010, Facebook has problems, Diaspora isn’t one of them
Gizmodo, 05.12.2010, Diaspora: The Student-Made, Privacy-Respecting Facebook Alternative
New York Times, 05.12.2010, Is There Life After Facebook?
SciTechBlog, 05.12.2010, Meet Diaspora, the ‘anti-Facebook’
TechCrunch, 05.12.2010, Diaspora, The Open Facebook Alternative, Soars Past $50,000 In Micro-Funding (Update: Now Past $100,000)
The Inquisitr, 05.12.2010, Diaspora is a great idea, deserves all its miracle funding, but will it work?
New York Times, 05.11.2010, Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook
Stuff, 05.11.2010, Diaspora to shake up social media
404 Tech Support, 05.05.2010, Diaspora – Your Digital Identity Under Your Control, The End of Facebook?

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 == 2014 ==
+=== October ===
+* dailydot.com, 01.10.2014, [http://www.dailydot.com/technology/diaspora-ello-facebook-battle-of-social/ Diaspora, not ello, is the new Facebook]
 === September ===
 * srossmktg, 26.09.2014, [http://www.srossmktg.com/2014/09/26/facebook-and-the-rise-of-the-anti-facebooks-ello-and-joindiaspora Facebook and the Rise of the Anti-Facebooks (#Ello and @joindiaspora)?]